The best laid plan by Mickey to share a blissful interlude with Claire beside a crackling fireplace in a Norwood pub turned out to be anything but! ‘An elegant failure’ was his considered evaluation.
Almanac Podcasts: ‘The Cat Pack’, a podcast by four Nuff Nuffs who love the Geelong Football Club
July 19, 2025 by 1 Comment
Marcus Holt is part of The Cat Pack Podcast team, a podcast featuring the fortunes of the Geelong Football Club and all things footy. Marcus introduces readers to the members of the podcast, and explains its origins .
Almanac Cinema: Documentary Perfection
June 10, 2025 by 2 Comments
Ballarat boy, musician Warren Ellis returns home for the screening of the film ‘Ellis Park’. Ian Wilson was in the audience for the screening and the Q and A that followed.
Almanac Book Review – Helen Garner: The Season
April 14, 2025 by 3 Comments
A brief review of the recently released ‘The Season’ by Helen Garner from Callum Quirk.
Almanac Reviews: No Bullshit Bakeries of the Bush – A Willunga Sausage Roll
March 28, 2025 by 18 Comments
In the latest of his sausage roll reviews, Mickey Randall ponders – among other things – bullnose verandahs, old typewriters, and community notice-boards
Almanac Food: Lunching for Australia – France Soir, South Yarra
March 27, 2025 by 4 Comments
Lunching for Australia in style! A guest’s review of a top flight meal at Melbourne’s iconic ‘France Soir’ restaurant.
Almanac Festivals: Adelaide Writers Week 2025 – A fabulous week!.
March 11, 2025 by 7 Comments
It was another fantastic Adelaide Writers Week with plenty to whet any avid reader’s mind.
Almanac Book Review: ‘Out of the Blue’ by Anthony Field
March 7, 2025 by 1 Comment
RagingBull was transported back to his childhood when he read ‘Out of the Blue’, the autobiography of Anthony Field, the original blue Wiggle.
Almanac (Book) Review: ‘Faraday – A Community Rediscovered’ by Robyn Howarth
February 28, 2025 by 1 Comment
The Faraday school kidnapping, 1972. Robyn Howarth, one of the schoolchildren abducted that day, has written her account of what happened.
Almanac (Film) Reviews: In The Aussie Film Maker’s Wheelhouse
February 28, 2025 by 1 Comment
Ian Wilson has been back at the cinema and provides reviews of ‘Inside’ and ‘I’m still here’.
Almanac Music: This Legendary Mysterious Loudmouth Invisible Rock Singer Cowboy
February 18, 2025 by 5 Comments
Mickey and Claire are at The Wheaty in Adelaide for the Dave Graney and Clare Moore show. The vintage furniture at the pub brought back some childhood memories for Mickey.
Almanac Film: Revisiting Teenage Angst
February 14, 2025 by 5 Comments
Ian Wilson was ‘totally obsessed’ with Led Zeppelin as a teenager. A film about their evolvement into the band they became was a must see for him as he reports in his review.
RITV Summer Series: Midnight Oil, ‘The Hardest Line’ Review
February 13, 2025 by 6 Comments
RITV continues his Summer Series with a review of the Midnight Oil documentary ‘The Hardest Line’.
Almanac Lunches: Des, Bob, Richard, and John – ‘He sat them down’
February 9, 2025 by 7 Comments
It was another cracking Footy Almanac Lunch featuring Des Tobin, Bob Utber, and ‘a cast of thousands’ at the All Nations Hotel in Richmond last Friday.
Almanac Book Reviews: ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ by Shehan Karunatilaka
February 1, 2025 by 6 Comments
Peter Crossing reviews ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ by Booker Prize winning author, Shehan Karunatilaka, a fictional tale relating to the search for a ‘mysterious Sri Lankan scricketer who may or may not have been the best spin bowler ever’..
Almanac Film Reviews: Re-Living An Olympic Nightmare
January 31, 2025 by 3 Comments
The film ‘September 5’ recalls the terriorist attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Olympics. Ian Wilson reviews the film.
Almanac WA: Second Meeting – John Townsend and ‘Ugly’
January 30, 2025 by 4 Comments
Barry Nicholls reports on the second gathering of the Western Australia chapter of The Footy Almanac.
Almanac Music: Parkes Elvis Festival 2025
January 24, 2025 by 5 Comments
Stan and Marlene Kluzek hopped on their motorbikes and cycled to the Parkes Elvis Festival 2025 and had a fabulous time as Stan’s report indicates.
Almanac (Film) Reviews: The Beginnings of an Immortal
January 20, 2025 by 7 Comments
Ian Wilson has had mixed fortunes when taking in several films recently, ranging all the way from a masterpiece via a faithful reproduction and a joyful animation to an absolute stinker!
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